In section 2, a couple of life lessons can be learned from Chris and other people who were in similar scenarios. Being isolated from relationships causes one to push away from society even more and find happiness elsewhere. It occurs in both Chris’s circumstance and also in John Waterman’s circumstance where they both have a strained relationship with their fathers. Because of this, they wanted to break away and start to rebel from their parents, other relationships, and society. Other children who have strained relationships with their parents end up in similar scenarios. They may not go to the extreme of leaving society, but they start to push away from other relationships, not start new ones, and rebel against their parents and perhaps even the law. This can end up in much trouble, jail for example. Another life lesson is not to set goals too high, or results will always fall short and disappointment will come at all ends. John Waterman continuously set his goals too high for him to obtain, and he was continuously disappointed, and in the end, died. Goals should be set reasonably, so that they can be attained. Achieving small goals leads to much greater results than falling very short of unreasonable goals.
Another lesson that is taken out of section 2 is that you can not always depend on other people. In Carl McCunn’s life he made a terrible mistake. When he went on his Alaskan trip, he was well prepared. But since he was absent minded like Chris McCandless, he forgot to arrange a ride home after he was done. This mistake cost him his life. From his mistake, readers’ should know not to always depend on others in threatening situations. It is up to the person themselves to carry out the necessary actions and to have a back up plan.
In section 2, a couple of life lessons can be learned from Chris and other people who were in similar scenarios. Being isolated from relationships causes one to push away from society even more and find happiness elsewhere. It occurs in both Chris’s circumstance and also in John Waterman’s circumstance where they both have a strained relationship with their fathers. Because of this, they wanted to break away and start to rebel from their parents, other relationships, and society. Other children who have strained relationships with their parents end up in similar scenarios. They may not go to the extreme of leaving society, but they start to push away from other relationships, not start new ones, and rebel against their parents and perhaps even the law. This can end up in much trouble, jail for example. Another life lesson is not to set goals too high, or results will always fall short and disappointment will come at all ends. John Waterman continuously set his goals too high for him to obtain, and he was continuously disappointed, and in the end, died. Goals should be set reasonably, so that they can be attained. Achieving small goals leads to much greater results than falling very short of unreasonable goals.
Another lesson that is taken out of section 2 is that you can not always depend on other people. In Carl McCunn’s life he made a terrible mistake. When he went on his Alaskan trip, he was well prepared. But since he was absent minded like Chris McCandless, he forgot to arrange a ride home after he was done. This mistake cost him his life. From his mistake, readers’ should know not to always depend on others in threatening situations. It is up to the person themselves to carry out the necessary actions and to have a back up plan.